Play Me a Song Ch: 3
Chapter 3: After Math
I grunted as I was awakened by the blinding light of the sun as it peaked in through my window; I pulled the blanket over my head to block the light, but left an opening to look at my clock.
"One in the afternoon." I said before turning away from the clock.
My eyes were closed but I could still hear a small snoring sound followed by some breathing. I opened my eyes and saw the sleeping face of Rider in my bed; my eyes widened and I screamed loudly jumping up entangled in the blanket as I fell out of bed onto my back on the floor. Rider rose up like some kind of copse from its coffin.
"Morning Mr. Life of the party." He said with a smile running his hands through his messy hair.
I noticed he and I were both still clothed and relaxed a bit.
"What the heck happened?" I said massaging my temples to get rid of my hang over.
"Well we danced a lot, then you tried to go for a late night swim in the river, but I stopped you, then we went to a few more clubs until 4 am when I carried you here and just past out with you. Sorry if I scared you." He explained.
He swung his legs over the bed and stood over me extending his hand to me; I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up letting the blanket fall off and pool around me.
"Well uh I'm gonna go take a shower I still smell like booze." I said noticing the smell on me.
"Alright I'm gonna just lay here for now." He stated lay back down just looking u at the ceiling.
I went into the bathroom and quickly removed my clothes quickly tossing them into the hamper. I could smell the booze and smoke deeply embedded into my fur onto my skin; I turn the shower on and stepped into before it heated up enough. I gasped as arching my back and standing on my toes as the cold water enveloped my body sending sharp shivers down my spine. I sighed heavily as the water heated up; I grabbed my wash rag and body wash and began scrubbing myself down until I was sure I got rid of the smell. I turned the water off, stepped out of the shower, and realized I had no towel in here.
"I could've sworn I put an extra towel in here." I stated looking at the empty towel rack.
I simply sighed and looked out the doorway at the bed; Rider looked as if he'd fallen back to sleep. Walked across the room to my closet and dresser; I was about open the dresser to put on some underwear when the door swung open.
"Hey Xav how was your........OH MY GOD PUT ON SOME CLOTHES IM BLIND!!!!!!" Nabari shouted entering my room covering her eyes when she saw me.
I screeched around trying to cover myself up by putting on underwear, pants, and a shirt.
"Nabari what have I told you about barging in?" I asked a bit angry.
"And I've told you if you don't want me barging in you shouldn't have given me a key." She replied showing of the small purple painted key I gave her.
The key was supposed to go to the roommate I would've gotta at the beginning of the year but since I didn't get a roommate they gave me the extra key; which I gave to Nabari.
"She's got a good point there." Rider said sitting up.
Nabari looked at him then back at me with a devious smirk on her face; in that moment I knew what she was thinking.
"You must be Rider; Xav told me about you. So did you boys have fun last night?" She asked.
"We had a blast last night; this guy knows how to party."
"Oh I bet he does." She said with a shrewd tone.
I sighed rubbing my brows then then the bridge on my nose. She was going to drag out this embarrassing moment for as long as she could.
"So tell me what you did." She said leaning against the now closed door.
"Well first we went out dancing, then Xav here tried to drag me into a lake for a little late night swim, then we came here for a sleepover."
Nabari grinned like a Cheshire cat having too much fun with a mouse.
"Well I better get going see you guys around." Rider said as he got up and walked out of the door that Nabari opened for him.
Nabari walked over to me, held my face making me look up as she turned my head looking at my neck.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Looking for hickies." She replied.
I sighed and stepped back.
"Nothing happened Nabari." I stated
"Are you sure about that? You know how you are after a drink or two." She said with a smirk.
As much as I hate to admit it she's right; when I drink I do some crazy things. Never gotten in trouble for anything thought, but like I said crazy things happen.
"Well you have no marks and can walk straight; let's go to the mall so I can dress you up again." She said with a smile.
I didn't complain about that even though I wanted to. I grabbed my usual things and threw on my boots before we walked the ten blocks from campus to the huge eggshell painted mall; where she dragged me into a random clothing store to the men's department. She pushed me into the nearest changing room.
"I'll bring you some clothes to try on." She said from the other side of the door.
I stripped down to my boxers as she walked away; I looked into the full length mirror at my body examining the cobalt rose made of crescent moons over my heart on my left side as I scratched my cobalt belly. I parted my lips and looked at my teeth that were freshly whitened just a week ago; I ran my vanilla tongue over the smooth surface. I turned around half way looking at the cobalt spots going down my back, on the upper side of my tail, all the way down my legs that shimmered like ice does in the moonlight. I gasped and thrashed a bit when a handful of clothes landed on top of my head.
"Try those on and come out." I heard Nabari say on the other side.
I picked up the clothes from the floor and threw them on quickly; I walked out of the changing room to the three-way mirrors. I was wearing a plaid black and white collared shirt, black skinny jeans, and a black silk vest.
"Looking good Xav. You look like you could be my arm candy for a dance." Nabari said examining me. "Now for the finishing touch."
She opened a shoe box showing off a pair of black flat shoes with leather trim on the top and white on the bottom half.
"You know I hate flat shoes." I replied.
"Bro you can't be Mr. Boots and dress shoes all your life. And I don't want any 'they make me taller' from a guy that's 5 foot 9.5 inches tall." She said dropping the flats onto the floor.
I slipped my feet into the shoes pulling the backs over the back of each foot as I balanced on one foot. I pressed the palms of my hands against the vest on my stomach and dragged them down to my waist.
"Great I took the tags off them give me your wallet and I'll pay for all this for you. Now you can look for boots if you want." She said to me.
I rolled my eyes a bit before walking into the changing room picking up my stuff. I handed her my wallet from my jeans. We exited the changing area; she walked towards the register as I draped the shirt and jeans over one arm and holding my boots in the other hand. I walked to the shoe section and looked at the several rows of boots that were on display. I stopped when I found a black boot with bullet rivets near the ankle and a gold zipper on the side. I was about to go through the pile of boxes to see if my size was available when I heard a laugh that was all too familiar to me. I felt pure anger flow through me as I looked at the pink fox smiling as he held the small red panda boy in his arms. I gritted my teeth as I saw them start to kiss; I quickly turned away dropping my things as I marched off. I didn't even bother to stop to listen to Nabari is I rushed all the way back to my room throwing the door open and slamming it in rage.
"How could he do this to me? After all I did for him." I said stomping around the room shouting not caring who heard me.
I looked at the full mirror on the back of the door. While I was with Adam I changed who I was to the point that I barely recognized me; with him I looked like a dark overly intelligent musician the image he wanted for a lover. I wore more black, skulls, spikes and things of that nature; even wearing black contacts over my pink eyes and showing no emotion. Even after all that he left me. I inhaled sharply as I curled my toes before kicking the mirror shattering it to pieces letting the glass scatter and fall to the floor. I panted looking down to the floor as my tears breached from my eyes as I fell to my knees. I felt arms wrap around me and I looked up at Nabari.
"What's wrong with me?" I asked sobbing softly.
"Nothing is wrong with you. You're just special bro. you have a kind soul and a delicate heart that not everyone is gentle with." She replied wiping my tears away.
She pulled me up to my feet helping over to my bed where I sat down with her.
"Xav you are an amazing guy that Adam never deserved. Don't cry over him." She said unlocking my phone playing a song from my break up play list. My mind faded away as the song started.
In the dark with the music on
Wishing I was somewhere else
Taking all your anger out on me
Somebody help
I would rather rot alone
Then spend a minute with you
I'm gone, I'm gone
And you can't stop me from falling apart
'Cause my self-destruction is all your fault
_ _
How could you, how could you, how could you hate me?
When all I ever wanted to be was you?
How could you, how could you, how could you love me?
When all you ever gave me were open wounds?
Open wounds
_ _
Downstairs the enemy sleeps
Leaving the TV on
Watching all the dreams
We had turn into static
_ _
Doesn't matter what I do
Nothings gonna change
I'm never good enough
_ _
And you can't stop me from falling apart
'Cause my self-destruction is all your fault
_ _
How could you, how could you, how could you hate me?
When all I ever wanted to be was you?
How could you, how could you, how could you love me?
When all you ever gave me were open wounds?
_ _
Tell me why you broke me down
And betrayed my trust in you
I'm not giving up, giving in
When will this war end?
When will it end
_ _
You can't stop me from falling apart
You can't stop me from falling apart
You can't stop me from falling apart
'Cause my self-destruction is all your fault
_ _
How could you, how could you, how could you hate me?
When all I ever wanted to be was you?
How could you, how could you, how could you love me?
When all you ever gave me were open wounds?
How could you, how could you
How could you, how could you
All I ever wanted to be was you
All you ever gave me were open wounds
I stopped crying by the end of the song; Nabari had left, the mirror shards were cleaned up, and I had crawled into bed. I smiled looking at the hand written note on my clock that read 'You'll find someone.'
If you read the first two chapters you might have thought things would go a different direction. took me a while to write this but i love i because it shows Nabari being a big sister to Xav.
the song is Open Wound by Skillet. love their music